Tim SwansonVerified account

how do you respond to accusations that you and Jamie Dimon follow each other on Twitter?

Via late-night Twitter DMs with Jaime, Preston and I quickly convinced JPM to: (1) not use Bitcoin to handle all of its post-trade processing needs (2) but instead to invest resources into multiple different vendors trying to build customized solutions for JPMs specific needs

On such close terms, that he lets you refer to him by his real, Spanish name, I see. (Little known fact: Jaime Dimonez was actually born in Oaxaca before he was smuggled into the US as part of a swap deal between Carlos Slim and Sandy Weill.)

To be fair the Twitter snarking I only do for your entertainment. The convincing of banks had to be done in person, as @sytaylor and @AnthonyMacey can attest. Those meetings were very successful in convincing them to give money to R3.

I remember when you showed up at Davos and knew the entire secret bankers' oath.

I remember when you both lobbied government to save the world from the financial crisis.

Guys remember that "Oath of Marmot Secrecy" we all signed in our secret underground base? This is a violation of clause 7.2

Please not the marmots again Preston, they're better left in their tunnels. But otherwise, big congrats on convincing Jamie Dimon lol (and you Tim)!!

Remember if you don't win every internet argument crypto can't succeed

: you guys have also saved a lot of ICOpreneurs/"investors" a lot of time (the ones that listened, anyway).

Glad to hear it!

(1/5) Indeed. When we first chatted a few months ago, I felt left out of the ICO party. Everyone seemed to be raising gargantuan capital on really thin business premise models. Admittedly, I totally wanted in.

(2/5) Fast forward 3 months, and I’m so very glad I skipped that party. Clearly, somebody called “the cops” and the ICO party seems to have ended rather quickly.

(3/5) Instead, I found inspiration in @cryptokitties, @decentraland, and the fine work by @eordano/et al. re: #ERC721. And most recently, via @vincentchu, re: @CryptoFinalFour.

(4/5) Consequently, we’re now building something(that we believe) is of value, predicated on blockchain trust-lessness, and doesn’t require a huge ICO to get started. I’ll post a screenshot of our first cheque soon on this thread, just for sh*ts and giggles.

The point about "preaching to the choir" is that the choir has already made up its mind. Even for you, that's a remarkable bit of cherry-picking, Tim.